The story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com...y-women-memorial-dc/

This is about how, as a fifth grader, a student Raya Kennedy conceived the idea of a monument to honor the women who worked on the home front during WW II (i.e., women who answered the call to pick up the jobs that men used to do after the men went to fight WW II; think "Rosie the Riveter"). Now the former student is twenty years old and Congress passed the omnibus legislation that includes approving her proposed monument.

There is a picture embedded in the article that shows a 14 year old Kenneth with a model for the monument.

The foundation:
https://wwiiwomenmemorial.org/

Yes, there is a "DONATE" button at the foundation website if you feel like donating.

Wow!

What a great idea!

How cool to get your monument idea approved and funded in 5th grade! Like the "V" theme too.

Very cool.


And, of course:

“ It passed the House almost unanimously, with 425 members voting for it and only Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) voting no.”

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Originally posted by Big John:
How cool to get your monument idea approved and funded in 5th grade! Like the "V" theme too.

No funding from Congress for the monument. The article mentions a law prohibiting Congress from funding monuments. That why there is a foundation setup to raise funds for it.